Hello I have found this in a box of world coins I purchased and am just trying to find out what it is....or if it is anything at all...can anyone lead me in the right direction
Hello I recently purchased a box of coins and this was in it and I have no idea what it is....can anyone please help me
Interesting coins, Bing! I like the reverse of your newest one better and that's the interesting part of this issue. Hi Bruce, Your question will receive more attention if you start a new thread.
Looks like silver shekel minted in Jerusalem in the First Jewish revolt against Rome in AD 68. A genuine shekel should be 14.2 grams and 22 millimeters in diameter. What you have seems to me like a tourists souvenir, not a genuine coin.
ok thank you very much....i have no idea...as im not a collector or anything...just found this piece to be bizzare
I found this info...and my piece is the exact same size as a canadian dime...non magnetic...which is apparently an indicator of silver...or so i have read...i havent weighed it yet because i dont have a scale....but just for a second....what would i do if it were the real deal... http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.62995
Your replica coin is not silver. It is simply made of non-ferrous metals, which is why it's not magnetic.
I moved the OP's question and related posts to its own thread. Abd I also merged the other thread on the same subject with this one. Bruce, please only start 1 thread on the same topic.
I agree. Most Bar Kochba pieces, (from the second Jewish War), are imitations. The originals are pretty scarce and expensive, but these imitations have been made for tourists for a very long time. I own a handful from junk lot purchases over the years, but I do not own a real one yet. Interestingly, the originals were struck over Roman denari, and many times you can see the original roman coin underneath.
